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COMMEMORATIVE COVERS
| Third Cricket World Cup 1983 souvenir cover, 90 mm x 145 mm, postage paid imprint (red ball), numbered limited edition of 500, insert outlines the history of the Cup. | $5 | View |
| 1985/86 Australian Unofficial Tour of South Africa, two colour cover, 90 mm x 165 mm, 90¢ (airmail rate to South Africa) Cricket on a Sticky Wicket franking machine slogan, meter mark dated 17 January 1986, first day of final test, 100 imported from the USA and over-printed, insert reproduces tour itinerary, cover has affixed a cricket airmail label. | $35 | View |
| World's first permanent cricket postmark souvenir cover, C6 size (114 mm x 162 mm), shows layout of the Brisbane Cricket Ground within map of Australia, 18¢ 1977 Test Centenary stamp, postmarked first day of use of The Gabba pictorial cricket postmark, 24 January 1986, limited edition of 200 in green and gold of which 132 were spoilt during printing! | $40 | View |
| Australian Post Office, first day cover, 90 mm x 165 mm, for Australia Day 1986, Australia Day stamp on an Aboriginal theme, postmarked first day of issue, 24 January 1986, with The Gabba cricket postmark which was commissioned on the day the stamp was released, overprint and illustrated three colour insert explains the meaning of the Aboriginal word Woolloongabba, limited edition of 100, autographed by stamp designer. | $40 | View |
| Australia Post Sport souvenir cover, Cat No GP12, 90 mm x 165 mm, postmarked on first day of issue of cover, 26 Feb 1986, cricket overprint in gold reads Overlooking the national summer game, isn't Cricket, Australia Post!, 1974 7¢ Cricket stamp, The Gabba postmark, limited edition of 100. | $15 | View |
| Australian Post Office souvenir cover for Papal Visit, Cat No SE108, 105 mm x 190 mm, over-printed THE MCG, THE MECCA OF AUSTRALIAN CRICKET, HAS SEEN IT ALL!, 1977 Centenary of Cricket 45¢ stamp, 28 November 1986 commemorative Melbourne Papal Visit postmark, the day the Pope visited the MCG. Illustrated two-colour card insert light-heartedly recalls the diverse events staged at the Stadium, limited numbered edition of 300 officially authorised by the Papal Visit Office. | $10 | View |
| Australian Post Office souvenir cover for Papal Visit, Cat No SE108, 105 mm x 190 mm, over-printed THE MCG HAS ALWAYS BEEN CATHOLIC!, postage paid imprint (MCG/Olympics) approved by Australia Post on 10 October 1986. illustrated two-colour card insert light-heartedly recalls the diverse events staged at the Stadium, limited numbered edition of 300 officially authorised by the Papal Visit Office. | $4 | View |
| Australian Post Office, DL size (110 mm x 220 mm), souvenir cover (stamped postal envelope) for Australian Bicentenary, overprinted in three colours with portrait of Unaarrimin (European Mullagh), postmarked first day of Bicentenary Test Match, 29 January 1988, Sydney commemorative pictorial postmark, 100 over printed and serviced. | $20 | View |
| Cricket Local Post three colour first day cover, 110 mm x 160 mm, for Australian Bicentenary joint issue with Great Britain, $1 cricket stamp, pictorial cricket Woolloongabba postmark, 21 June 1988, first day of issue, 300 produced. | $10 | View |
| Australian Bicentenary, with pencil portrait of Unaarrimin (European name Mullagh), three colour first day cover, 110 mm x 160 mm, with $1 Australia-Great Britain cricket stamp, pictorial cricket Woolloongabba postmark, 21 June 1988, first day of issue, 100 serviced. | $20 | View |
| Australian Post Office Australia Through Stamps souvenir cover, Cat No SE113, 105 mm x 190 mm, over-printed in black with Limited Edition Covers logo, $1 Australian Bicentenary joint issue with Great Britain cricket stamp, pictorial cricket Woolloongabba postmark, 21 June 1988, first day of issue, 80 serviced. | $10 | View |
| First day cover, 90 mm x 165 mm, designed and printed in the USA for the 70¢ 1989 Cricket stamp, pictorial cricket Woolloongabba postmark, 13 February1989, first day of issue, 125 hand painted in seven water-colours by designer Frans Geerlings of Salem, Oregon. | $40 | View |
| Melbourne 1996 Olympics bid MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) souvenir cover, 90 mm x 165 mm, designed and printed in the USA, $1 Athletics stamp, pictorial Melbourne GPO postmark, 16 September 1990, the day the IOC made its decision in Tokyo to award the Olympics to Atlanta, 96 numbered, autographed and hand painted in eleven water-colours by FLG Cachets, insert reproduces details of the ballot. | $55 | View |
| Australian Post Office souvenir cover (stamped postal envelope), 105 mm x 190 mm, for Metropolis 90, stamp area shows the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground), cricket overprint in black, pictorial Melbourne Philatelic Sales Centre postmark, 15 March 1991, publication date of Australian Cricket Stamps by Noel G. Almeida and 114th anniversary of the start of the first Australia-England Test, 100 serviced. | $10 | View |
| Melbourne Cricket Ground postmark souvenir cover, C6 size (114 mm x 162 mm), shows layout of the MCG within map of Australia, 45¢ 1977 Test Centenary stamp, postmarked first day of use of the MCG pictorial cricket postmark, 24 June 1991, limited edition of 200 in MCC colours of blue, red and white. | $30 | View |
| Australian Post Office souvenir cover, 110 mm x 190 mm, for Cricket World Cup 92, 70¢ Cricket stamp postmarked with Cricket World Cup commemorative postmark, 25 March 1992, overprinted in green World Champions and Pakistan flag, limited edition of 100, score-card insert. | $12 | View |
| Australian Post Office souvenir cover, 110 mm x 190 mm, for Cricket World Cup 92, overprinted in green World Champions and Pakistan flag, limited edition of 100, set of three stamps of Pakistan issued to commemorate their win, postmarked first day of issue, Karachi, Pakistan, commemorative postmark, 27 April 1992. | $25 | View |
| Pakistan Post Office first day cover, 125 mm x 165 mm, with full set of three stamps commemorating their win in Cricket World Cup 92, commemorative first day of issue postmark, Karachi, Pakistan, 27 April 92, with scarce four page Pakistan Post Office leaflet reproducing the stamps in full colour and providing technical details, 25 available. | $35 | View |
| Pakistan Post Office first day cover, 125 mm x 165 mm, with single high value Rs 25 sports goods (Cricket) stamp, postmarked, first day of issue, 5 July 92, with scarce Pakistan Post Office leaflet reproducing the stamps in full-colour and providing technical details, both over-printed in green and black World Champions and flag of Pakistan, limited edition of 100. | $30 | View |
| Australian Post Office, first day cover, 110 mm x 190 mm, for Sheffield Shield Centenary, set of two stamps, postmarked on day of issue, 15 October 1992, The Gabba Brisbane (Queensland) cricket pictorial postmark, overprint and illustrated insert light heartedly calls for an inquiry into the circumstances that led to the transfer of The Gabba postmark to Melbourne (Victoria). On its way down to Melbourne the postmark changed size (the ball becoming much bigger!), limited edition of 100. | $30 | View |
| Australian Post Office, first day cover, 110 mm x 190 mm, for Sheffield Shield Centenary, set of two stamps, postmarked on day of issue, 15 October 1992, Sheffield (Tasmania) pictorial postmark depicting the Post Office Tree, overprint and illustrated insert details the colourful history of the Post Office Tree, a tree stump that was used as a letter receiver between 1912-1914, limited edition of 100. | $30 | View |
| First day cover, 90 mm x 165 mm, designed and printed in Australia for the Sheffield Shield Centenary, set of stamps postmarked on day of issue, 15 October 1992, commemorative, first day of issue postmark, Adelaide, 100 covers hand painted in five colours and numbered by FLG Sports Covers of USA, two-colour insert details history of the Shield. | $35 | View |
OTHER COVERS
Envelope, 90 mm x 145 mm, postage paid imprint, approved by Australia Post on 11 August 1982 for mailings at Dandenong Post Office, Victoria, and GPO Sydney, design shows Wicket in black, 44 used through the mail to local address. |
$20 | view |
Envelope, 90 mm x 145 mm, postage paid imprint, approved by Australia Post on 11 August 1982 for mailings at Dandenong Post Office, Victoria, and GPO Sydney, design shows Wicket in red, 55 used through the mail to local address. |
$20 | view |
Envelope, DL size (110 mm x 220 mm), postage paid imprint, approved by Australia Post on 19 May 1983 for mailings at Dandenong Post Office, Victoria, and GPO Melbourne, design shows Ball in red, 67 used through the mail to local address. |
$25 | view |
Airmail envelope, DL size (110 mm x 220 mm), postage paid imprint, approved by Australia Post on 19 May 1983 for mailings at Dandenong Post Office, Victoria, and GPO Melbourne, shows Ball in red, 52 used through the mail to U S A. |
$20 | view |
Envelope, DL size (110 mm x 220 mm), postage paid imprint, approved by Australia Post on 11 December 1984 for mailings at Dandenong Post Office, Victoria, and GPO Melbourne, design shows Batsman Kangaroo in green and gold, 49 used through the mail to local address. |
$25 | view |
Airmail Envelope, 9" x 4", postage paid imprint, approved by Australia Post on 11 December 1984 for mailings at Dandenong Post Office, Victoria, and GPO Melbourne, design shows Batsman Kangaroo in green and gold, 80 used through the mail to U S A. |
$15 | view |
Envelope, DL size (110 mm x 220 mm), Freepost service, permit number 37 approved by Australia Post on 18 January 1985 for delivery at Dandenong Post Office, Victoria 3175, shows Batsman Kangaroo in green and gold, used through the mail. |
$20 | view |
Envelope, DL size (110 mm x 220 mm), postage paid imprint, approved by Australia Post on 10 October 1986 for mailings at Dandenong Post Office, Victoria, and GPO Melbourne, in red and blue showing outline of Melbourne Cricket Ground (Main Stadium of the 1956 Olympics), 33 used through the mail to local address. |
$20 | view |
Airmail envelope, DL size (110 mm x 220 mm), postage paid imprint, approved by Australia Post on 10 October 1986 for mailings at Dandenong Post Office, Victoria, and GPO Melbourne, in red and blue showing outline of Melbourne Cricket Ground (Main Stadium of the 1956 Olympics), 31 used through the mail to USA. |
$25 | view |
Envelope, DL size (110 mm x 220 mm), Reply Paid service which superseded the Freepost service, permit number 153 approved by Australia Post on 1 January 1991 for delivery at Dandenong Post Office, Victoria 3175, shows the three vertical bars as preferred by the Post Office on which the artist has delicately placed the bails!, used through the mail. |
$15 | view |
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